I am very excited to announce that our classroom received funding for a Lego lending program. Schools are currently closed and I wanted to bring something to cheer students up as we all face quarantine and unprecedented times. Students will be given the opportunity to borrow Lego kits of various skylines around the world. This will promote family building time, engineering concepts, direction following skills, and a sense of accomplishments at the finish of the project - all while learning about another country and city (my favorite)!
Update: We have received more funding to continue the project thank you to All State Foundation and Lyda Hill Philanthropies. I have been able to add Harry Potter, Star Wars, Minecraft, 3-in-1 Creator sets, and many more kits for students to explore. These all range from easy to advanced! Students are already hard at work building and learning about different sets. Make sure to check out the update as students design and print related objects on our new 3D printer thanks to the Lyda Hill Philanthropies IF/THEN initiative. Each kit has a carrying case that students will be able to transport home safely. The boxes will be out on display so students can go shopping and see the actual boxes. A few weeks in and they are building like crazy!
The students have started calling me "Amazon Package Queen" from the amount of packages being delivered from the grants. They may be right! I made a stack of the first round for fun to see how big it could get. Ultimately we had to take the boxes down to make room for new ones. The students "sanitized" and safely walked the boxes down to be recycled and to be used in other STEAM projects for the older grades.
